The roots of the Messianic Faith go so deep into antiquity that we can’t speak of it emerging out of Egypt. It existed well before the first Egyptian Dynasty (3218–3035). The shrine at Nekhen was a Horite Hebrew shrine and dates to 5000 BC. The Nile Valley was united by a Proto-Saharan king (Menes) around 3800.
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Good. At least you took me seriously enough to back off a bit on just calling it BS. People need information beyond the gut reactions of even Hebrew professors, to get at the reasoning involved. Think the purpose for my objection was served, and would enjoy hearing what you do find cogent about paleo-Hebrew work, by whomever. Cheers!
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Agreed!
Though scribes were constantly making implications about words having divine links to each other because of similar spelling or pronunciation.
They LOVED making false erymologies… sometimes out of genuine belief and sometimes out of a desire to veil some embarrassing truth.
The name Israel, for example, is sometimes associated with the Semitic word for TEN:
Asher-EL could have been a popularly conceived 10 Tribes of EL.
While in another story, Israel is linked to the term for “wrestle” or “contend”.
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The problem is, probing for “false etymologies” and discovering real semantic information is the same enterprise, and so the “hidden gems” of such work must be carefully evaluated, not just dismissed as automatic BS. In either case, the ideas are just propositional, while possibly illuminative, but cannot easily be established as valid (if at all). This still makes it valuable “fringe” work to at least consider cautiously.
To illustrate, consider: https://www.etymonline.com/word/butterfly Cheers!
I happen to agree with you in this matter!
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I already know that @deuteroKJ does, too --just not with this particular one. That’s fine, as long as the record’s clear on the reasoning employed, if any.
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